Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 27, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I thought our love at full, but I did err Last Line: To print on farthest stars her pitying kiss. Subject(s): Home; Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | ||||||||
I thought our love at full, but I did err; Joy's wreath drooped o'er mine eyes; I could not see That sorrow in our happy world must be Love's deepest spokesman and interpreter. But, as a mother feels her child first stir Under her heart, so felt I instantly Deep in my soul another bond to thee Thrill with that life we saw depart from her; O mother of our angel child! twice dear! Death knits as well as parts, and still, I wis, Her tender radiance shall infold us here, Even as the light, borne up by inward bliss, Threads the void glooms of space without a fear, To print on farthest stars her pitying kiss. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD IN THE MONTH OF MAY by ROBERT BLY AFTER THE BURIAL by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL |
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